Empowering the Tirbal Community Through Education

Integrated Tribal Development Agency Officials took keen interest in the construction of school buildings, staff quarters, compound walls and community halls, but least bothered in improving the quality of education of the Chenchu children.

Infrastructure created by spending millions of rupees is underutilized. Neither the staff occupied quarters nor the ITDA Officials insisted the staff to occupy the quarters and stay within the premises in order to monitor the progress of the children.

 

Government Girijan Primary Schools: There are around 117 schools under ITDA Srisailam and as per the ITDA records, 2161 children are studying in these primary schools. 

These schools are located in the small habitations and the teachers who stay in mandals head quarters rarely come to these schools. 

There is no mechanism to monitor the functioning of these schools. Neither the parents nor the teachers have concern for the children and their education. Children of 4-6th class are not even familiar with alphabets and numbers.

 

Residential Schools: (Ashram, Guru Kula and Mini Guru Kula patashalas): There are 46 residential schools functioning under ITDA Srisailam.

As per the ITDA records, the strength was 8162 (during the academic year 2006-07).  Grant is given at the rate of Rs 475 per month for each student up to 8 classes and at Rs 575 to high school students towards food and miscellaneous expenditure. 

Schools, Hostels, Staff quarters and Community halls are constructed in the road side as well as interior habitations and staff is recruited for all the schools and hostels. 

Names of the children to the sanctioned capacity are entered in the attendance registers, irrespective of the presence of the children. 

100 percent attendance is marked to all the children(whose names are on the rolls) and the money for the provisions is drawn to all children as per the strength in the registers but food is not served as per the menu, even to the few children who are present in the classes. 

 Only 20 to 40 percent of the children attend the classes in the residential schools located in the Chenchu habitations and 40-50 percent of the children attend the residential schools located in the villages. 

Attendance is high in the Residential schools located in the villages is because of, children from other communities are also admitted in these residential schools. 

A few upper primary schools have been upgraded into high schools even through there are no Chenchu children in those schools. Play material, cosmetics, boxes and plates are rarely given to the children.

These Malpractices were reported in the local press in the year 2004 itself. No body is bothered to look into these aspects because, TWD, ITDA Officials get their (hafta) share (30%) from the Head Masters regularly.

 

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